MQ-4C-BAMS-UAS
MQ-4C-BAMS-UAS by Northrop Grumman, USA
The Navy MQ-4C is a maritime derivative of the RQ-4 Global Hawk and provides the U.S. Navy with an advanced autonomous air vehicle and state of the art service-oriented architecture mission control system. The Navy MQ-4C’s ability for continuous sustained operations over an area of interest at great distances enables it to provide persistent maritime Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) directly to the maritime commander.
Northrop Grumman’s Broad Area Maritime Surveillance Unmanned Aircraft System (BAMS UAS) is the next generation of the Defense Department’s high altitude, long endurance UAS. The Navy MQ-4C is designed to provide the Navy with persistent maritime surveillance and reconnaissance coverage
of wide oceanographic and littoral areas. The Navy MQ-4C is designed after the RQ-4 family of air vehicles, which are in production and combat proven, providing a cost-effective system with the greatest capability at the lowest risk.
Key System Features
- Provides persistent maritime ISR at a mission radius of 2000 nm; 24 hours/7 days per week with 80% Effective Time on Station (ETOS)
- Land-based air vehicle and sensor Command and Control (C2)
- Afloat Level II payload sensor data via line-of-sight
- Dual redundant flight controls and surfaces
- 51,000 hour airframe life
- Due regard radar for safe separation
- Anti/de-ice, bird strike, and lightning protection
- Communications bandwidth management
- Commercial off-the-shelf open architecture mission control system
- Net-ready interoperability solution
Payload (360-degree Field of Regard)
- Multi-Function Active Sensor Active Electronically Steered
- Array (MFAS AESA) radar
- 2D AESA
- Maritime and air-to-ground modes
- Long-range detection and classification of targets
- MTS-B multi-spectral targeting system
- Electro-optical/infrared
- Auto-target tracking
- High resolution at multiple field-of-views
- Full motion video
- AN/ZLQ-1 Electronic Support Measures (ESM)
- All digital
- Specific Emitter Identification (SEI)
- Automatic Identification System (AIS)
- Provides information received from VHF broadcasts on maritime vessel movements
Specifications
Wingspan . . . . . . . . . . . . . .130.9 ft (39.9 m)
Length . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .47.6 ft (14.5 m)
Height . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15.4 ft (4.6 m)
Gross Take-off Weight . . . .32,250 lbs (14,628 kg)
Max. Internal Payload . . . . .3,200 lbs (1,452 kg)
Max. External Payload . . . .2,400 lbs (1,089 kg)
Self Deploy . . . . . . . . . . . . .8,200 nm (15,186 km)
Max. Altitude . . . . . . . . . . .56,500 ft (17.22 km)
Max. Velocity . . . . . . . . . . .331 knots True Air Speed (TAS)
Max. Endurance . . . . . . . . .28 hours
